Chapter 295 Resolving The Conflict
“Hansen.” Aria said softly and shyly with her face blushing pink as she held onto his arm. She had been listening to the commotion outside, and quickly ran out as soon as she heard Hansen’s voice.
“Oh my god, she’s so ugly. This is disgusting.” Hannah complained as she looked at Aria’s pretentious face. It made her nauseous, to the point that she was about to collapse on the ground from all the goosebumps surfacing on her body.
Aria’s face darkened, but as soon as she saw that it was Hannah Adames who was insulting her, she kept her anger down. Minnie might not have known the name Hannah Adames, but Aria sure did.
“Hannah Adames, I’ve never offended you. Did you really have to insult me like that?” she said delicately and pathetically, with an expression full of innocence. “Hansen, look at them. All of them have terrible attitudes. They’re even insulting me and mocking me in front of you.”
Aria felt wronged, and pressed her plump chest against Hansen’s arm tightly while pouting her lips.
“Tsk, tsk. I’ve never seen anyone this shameless. Seeing your actions now have made me realize how impudent you are, and how much more suited you are to be only a mistress.” Hannah ‘complimented’ as she stared at Aria’s chest. She disliked women like these the most, and insulted her without caring about Hansen’s status.
“You…” Aria was extremely angry, but then she saw Hannah’s disgusted gaze upon her breasts. Humiliation crept across her face, and she quickly moved her chest away from Hansen’s arm. Her face, however, was red with rage, and she didn’t say anything.
“Ehem.” Hansen coughed audibly as he felt that Hannah had started to go overboard. He questioned Aria with a frown on his face.
“Aria, what happened here? I thought I made Jenna come and apologize to you,” he scolded with a gentle tone.
“Hansen, I don’t know what happened either. I was in the room the whole time,” Aria said as she gaped with her innocent eyes wide open.
“Stop pretending. It’s disgusting,” said Hannah as she could no longer take it. “Hansen, did you really not know what had happened? The two of them teamed up to bully Jenna. So, I showed up to protect her. I’ve never imagined that a decent-looking man like you would be so malicious and try to hurt Jenna like that. It’s immoral of you.”
Hannah scorned fiercely with a haughty face. “What a horrible couple.”RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only
That statement was too much! Hansen was irritated by her words. This was Richards Manor, and he was an important person here. Yet. he was being insulted by a woman for no reason, making it very awkward for him. He yelled furiously, ” Hannah Adames, you’d better watch your mouth. This isn’t your house.”
“Of course. I know this isn’t my house. If this were my house, a woman as disgusting as her would never be able to enter. You should know that I’m not Jenna. If I feel that something is unjust, I will comment, I will rebuke, and I will fight. I’m already being nice by plainly insulting you. Jenna might be a saint, but I’m not, I will not let anyone walk over me,” she said with an arrogant face as she waved her hand.
“So what you’re trying to say is that whatever happened just now was unjust and unfair?” Hansen asked coldly.
His distant face made Hannah unhappy. She remembered that it wasn’t that long ago when he was desperately trying to find Jenna in her cafe. Yet, he changed so much in such a short time. She felt that he was unworthy of Jenna. It was his child that was growing in Jenna’s belly, and yet he allowed Minnie to kick her stomach. The thought made her heart surge with anger, and she screamed frantically, “You’re a monster. How dare you order this horrible woman to kick Jenna in the stomach, and to think that Jenna…”.
Before she could finish her words, Jenna, who was standing aside, anxiously covered her mouth and said, “Hannah, please don’t cause anymore trouble.”
“And to think what?” Hansen asked Hannah with an icy glare.
Hannah understood what Jenna meant when she covered her mouth and smiled bitterly. It was such a crucial moment, yet she was still worried about him. She didn’t plan to spill the secret anyway, but with the current situation, Jenna shouldn’t be with Hansen. Instead of suffering like this, it would be better for Jenna just to leave and spend her life peacefully with another guy. Besides, Rayan was willing to back Jenna up. She wasn’t dumb enough to do so.
So, she turned her head and shot a glance at Jenna, gesturing to her to let go of her hand, hinting that she wouldn’t say anything inappropriate.
Only then did Jenna let go of her hand, and an intense pain rose in her bright eyes.
Alas.
Hansen heard it very clearly, that Hannah said that someone was going to kick Jenna’s stomach. He suddenly thought of something, and his heart stopped for a second. His face turned cold, and he asked Aria sternly, “Aria, how dare you order someone to kick Jenna’s stomach? Did you really do that?”
When Aria heard this, she was taken aback. She quickly defended herself. “Hansen, I really didn’t know about this. You can’t blame me for this.” She tightened her face and questioned Minnie angrily, “Minnie, did you do that?”
Minnie was stunned. Wasn’t it Aria who ordered her to do that? She took a closer look and saw Aria winking at her, and immediately understood what she was trying to do. She wanted Minnie to take the blame, and admit that she was responsible for all the crimes, when in reality all she did was to obey Aria’s orders. Her mouth hung open, and she couldn’t say a word.
“What an evil woman.” Hansen knew that what Hannah said was true when he saw Minnie’s expression. Fury filled up his heart, he only wanted Jenna to apologize, but he didn’t expect them to do something so vicious. He immediately yelled at Minnie, “How could you? How bold of you to do something like that by leeching off Aria’s status. You actually thought of taking revenge this way? That’s horrible of you. Do you know who she is? She’s your cousin. How could you be so cruel?”
Minnie’s face turned pale. After being scolded by Hansen, she felt so shocked that she couldn’t speak, yet felt guilty in her heart. She could only glare at Aria with her teary eyes.
“It’s okay, Hansen. She’s still young, and just a little mischievous. Besides, she only thought of this because she was beaten up by them previously, so it’s forgivable. How about this? It all ends here. I won’t ask for Jenna’s apology anymore, and you don’t blame Minnie for this. The score has been settled, okay?” Aria was worried that Hansen would put the blame on Minnie, and Minnie would spill the truth out of impulse. Furthermore, seeing Hansen here made all her anger subside, so she might as well pretend to be the peacemaker to please Hansen.
Sure enough, Hansen’s mood lightened as he heard her words. A gentle smile appeared on his face, and he said as he stroked her face with a grin, “You’re so thoughtful, Aria. I won’t ever need to worry about you. Come, let me reward you well.”
Hansen said with his hand on her waist as they walked into the room together.
After a while, they could hear Aria flirt seductively. “Come on, Hansen, you must keep me company well this time.”
“That’s disgusting,” said Hannah, still standing there unhappily.
Jenna stood there watching as Hansen’s hand, which had held her waist countless of times, caressed Aria’s waist, and her heart started to ache. Her gaze fell on the ground as she stood there silently, wondering when she would be able to forget him completely.
Rayan stood by silently.
He had been there since a while ago, but he didn’t show up when Minnie expressed that she wanted to kick Jenna. He wanted to see how the scene would escalate.
Of course, with his skills, he would never let Minnie’s kick land on Jenna’s stomach. He didn’t make his appearance at that time because he wanted Jenna to see the truth behind this, and truly give up on them. It would make her life much better.
With the current situation, it would be impossible for her to stay in Richards Manor.
As long as Earl McAdams was there, it was obvious that Aria’s spot as the young madam of the Richards family was guaranteed. Aria would never allow Jenna to stay with them. Technically speaking, everything that had happened today was to chase Jenna away out of the household.
It’s just that he couldn’t tell what Hansen was up to. He felt like Hansen had a reason behind his actions, but he didn’t know what it was.
“Jenna, you should go back to your room and take a rest. You look very pale,” said Rayan softly, walking up to her as the crowd dispersed.
“Yeah, Jenna. Those matters had nothing to do with you. You don’t have to make your life difficult just to appease the inhumane Richards Manor. Did you see that? No matter what you do for the Richards family, Hansen won’t appreciate it. His heart belongs to that trashy woman. A man like this is useless no matter how rich or smart he is. He’s not your type, and he doesn’t belong to you,” Hannah advised her sincerely.
“You see, it was clearly Aria’s problem, but Hansen didn’t put the blame on her. Instead, he made you apologize to her. He was trying to make you suffer. Don’t fall for his trap. Go and get some rest. Only your health matters.” Hannah continued.
Under the persuasion of Hannah and Rayan, Jenna didn’t go to the plum garden. She believed that as long as she wasn’t there, everything would run smoothly. Surely enough, all the activities afterwards were filled with happiness and laughter, and nothing bad happened again.
Sabrina had to oversee the whole situation in the plum garden, and she could only call Jenna when she had some issues. However, Aria interfered with their agenda and many activities didn’t go as planned. For example, the charity event for the orphans was completely canceled by Aria. They were even pushed to the side during the grand dinner, only being able to eat the leftovers.
Nevertheless, the atmosphere at the scene was very lively, as Aria really knew how to spice up the party.
This was New Year’s Eve.
Jenna spent her New Year’s Eve in exhaustion, and only ate a little bit for dinner. It passed by quietly for her.